What usually takes months of radio programming, however, happens in the first listen.
Users will be able to choose their own radio programming, for example, by instructing the computer to record the shows they want to hear.
This was a private company under a government contract to provide public radio programming.
Companies that make and send radio programming are called radio stations.
No one knows whether consumers, or even truckers and traveling sales people, will pay for radio programming.
The idea is to use successful business ventures to finance charitable activities, like public radio programming or heat assistance for the poor.
The music's growth on mainland America has contributed to a mini-revolution in radio programming.
Some critics have argued that this practice threatens to reduce the diversity in radio programming.
The company also plans to officially open its headquarters today in Washington, where much of the radio programming will be produced.
What ever happened to this kind of radio programming?